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The 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings were made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls. Legend [ edit ]
It was the first scoreless half for an NCAA basketball team since 1938. [2] At Boston College, players took part in a point-shaving scheme which was revealed in 1980. [2] The NCAA tournament expanded from 32 to 40 teams and used seeding to place all teams in its bracket for the first time. [3]
With the loss in the championship game, Indiana State has finished as the national runner-up in the NAIA (1946, 1948), NCAA Division II , and NCAA Division I (1979) tournaments, making them the only school to do so. This was the first tournament in which all teams were seeded by the Division I Basketball Committee. [1]
ESPN launched on September 7, 1979, as the first all-sports television network and began televising college basketball in November. [2] It took advantage of college basketball's rapidly growing popularity to begin a highly profitable relationship with the NCAA which greatly expanded television coverage of college basketball in the United States .
Pages in category "1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament and determined the national champion for the 1978–79 season. [ a ] The game was held on March 26, at the Special Events Center (now the Jon M. Huntsman Center ) at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City , Utah .
In 1985, the tournament expanded to 64 teams, eliminating all byes and play-ins. For the first time, all teams had to win six games to win the tournament. This expansion led to increased media coverage and popularity in American culture. Until 2001, the First and Second Rounds occurred at two sites in each region. [citation needed]
A map of all NCAA Division I basketball teams. [1] This is a list of schools who field men's basketball teams in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. By definition, all schools in this grouping have varsity basketball teams.